Category Archives: Books

Derek Hayes wins inaugural Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

Congratulations to Derek Hayes, whose British Columbia: A New Historical Atlas has picked up yet another honour! Hayes’s visually stunning opus has won the Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia, a new award from UBC Library and the … Continue reading →

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The Alcuin Society honours Will Rueter and The Aliquando Press

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

The Alcuin Society gave its sixth annual Robert R. Reid Award and Medal for lifetime achievement in the book arts to Will Rueter—teacher, printmaker, bookbinder, graphic designer, one-time senior designer at the University of Toronto Press, and founder of The … Continue reading →

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Upcoming editing and publishing events

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

A lot is happening over this next week! I hope to be posting about all of these editing- and publishing-related events—though probably not all at once. Look for my summaries over the next few weeks. 1. Ethics for editors Having … Continue reading →

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Book review: Book Production

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

More than any other role in publishing, production seems to be one in which people learn by doing. Whereas editors and designers have a wealth of  professional development courses and workshops at their disposal, those who shepherd publications through the … Continue reading →

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Editing books in translation

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Iva Cheung| 4 Comments

Yesterday I gave a talk at the EAC-BC meeting about editing books in translation, and I was buoyed by the thought-provoking discussions that came out of the audience, which was packed with expertise. Here’s a short summary of my presentation. Why … Continue reading →

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February EAC-BC meeting

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Iva Cheung| 1 Comment

A week from today, on Wednesday, February 20, I’ll be giving a talk at the EAC-BC meeting about editing books in translation. I’ll talk about copyright, the editor–translator relationship, special issues in translation projects, and strategies for getting work as … Continue reading →

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Book review: Book Was There

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Iva Cheung| 1 Comment

As a professor of literature at McGill University, Andrew Piper is, in essence, a professional reader, and he brings this experience to his latest book, Book Was There: Reading in Electronic Times (University of Chicago Press), in which he offers a … Continue reading →

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British Columbia: A New Historical Atlas event coming up

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

Derek Hayes will be giving a talk about his new book, British Columbia: A New Historical Atlas, on Monday, December 3, at the Vancouver Public Library’s central branch. This free event runs from 7pm to 8:30pm, and there will be books … Continue reading →

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Book review: Science in Print

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

After reviewing Darcy Cullen’s Editors, Scholars, and the Social Text, which offered an insightful introduction to the world of scholarly publishing in the humanities, I found myself wondering which principles and practices within that book also applied to publishing in … Continue reading →

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Ebooks

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

Lara Smith gave a captivating and hugely informative presentation about ebooks at Wednesday’s EAC-BC meeting. Having gone to Greg Ioannou’s conference talk about e-publishing, I wondered if there’d be a lot of overlap in the content of the two talks. … Continue reading →

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